Events

Webster @ The Movies Presents: Conclave Monday, April 28th @ 1PM Conclave follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence uncovers a trail of deep secrets left in the dead Pope’s wake, secrets…

Explore your artistic potential with Creative Aging, a series of art workshops for adults 50 and older. Please join us at Webster Library as we host artist Georgina Arroyo for a Watercolor Storytelling series. In this workshop we will practice our painting and drawing skills while working with watercolors! Each week we will take on new subject matter and learn technical watercolor skills like wet on wet painting, resist painting, gradients and more. We will paint still lives, practice perspec…

This event will take place in person at Webster Library. If you have any questions about how to download e-books or e-audio to your device, or any of our databases, this is your time to work with a staff member and receive their personal attention and instruction. Time slots are 20 mins long. Sign Up is recommended but not required. To sign up please call the branch or stop by the desk

NO REGISTRATION NEEDED! Just come to a class! *This Program is in-person* We Speak NYC is an Emmy Award-winning TV show created to help people practice English. Each story is about everyday situations, like going to the doctor or talking with a child's teacher. The characters speak slowly and clearly. Intermediate and Advanced Level Conversation 2-Hour Classes for English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL): Adult learners (16 and older, not in High School) will have the opportunity to learn…

NO REGISTRATION NEEDED! Just come to a class! *This Program is in-person* We Speak NYC is an Emmy Award-winning TV show created to help people practice English. Each story is about everyday situations, like going to the doctor or talking with a child's teacher. The characters speak slowly and clearly. Intermediate and Advanced Level Conversation 2-Hour Classes for English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL): Adult learners (16 and older, not in High School) will have the opportunity to learn…

This event will take place in person at the branch! We'll be discussing the novel I Can't Save You by Anthony Chinn-Quee Check it out and start reading today! Register at the link above. I Can't Save You by Anthony Chinn-Quee Thursday, May 8th at 6pm The raw and gripping memoir of a Black physician who confronts his past mistakes and relationships as he learns to find his own path forward.

NO REGISTRATION NEEDED! Just come to a class! *This Program is in-person* We Speak NYC is an Emmy Award-winning TV show created to help people practice English. Each story is about everyday situations, like going to the doctor or talking with a child's teacher. The characters speak slowly and clearly. Intermediate and Advanced Level Conversation 2-Hour Classes for English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL): Adult learners (16 and older, not in High School) will have the opportunity to learn…

For this session we look at a unique poetic form: the dramatic monologue. This device (used less in contemporary verse) gives the poet permission to inhabit other identities and speak with other voices. Register online.

NO REGISTRATION NEEDED! Just come to a class! *This Program is in-person* We Speak NYC is an Emmy Award-winning TV show created to help people practice English. Each story is about everyday situations, like going to the doctor or talking with a child's teacher. The characters speak slowly and clearly. Intermediate and Advanced Level Conversation 2-Hour Classes for English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL): Adult learners (16 and older, not in High School) will have the opportunity to learn…

Please join us for the fifth installment of our online book discussion! This session will focus on Books 17-20 of the Odyssey. We will take our time to savor the experience of this poem, and therefore, expect to be finished by June. Though codified in writing by Homer in the eighth century BC, the story of The Odyssey ( and The Iliad) has been handed down orally over many generations. This accounts for some of the anachronisms in the Homeric texts, the layering of descriptions from seemingly…

NO REGISTRATION NEEDED! Just come to a class! *This Program is in-person* We Speak NYC is an Emmy Award-winning TV show created to help people practice English. Each story is about everyday situations, like going to the doctor or talking with a child's teacher. The characters speak slowly and clearly. Intermediate and Advanced Level Conversation 2-Hour Classes for English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL): Adult learners (16 and older, not in High School) will have the opportunity to learn…

Webster @ The Movies Presents: A Complete Unknown Monday, June 2th @ 1PM In the early 1960s, 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. Forming his most intimate relationships during his rise to fame, he grows restless with the folk movement, making a controversial choice that reverberates worldwide. Twentieth Century Fox Directed by James Mangold Rated R 140 minutes; 2024 First Come, First Served!…

This event will take place online via Google Meet! Join us for a book club! We'll be discussing the novel The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich. Check it out and start reading today! Register at the link above. A Google Meet link will be emailed to you a day before the event. In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on ordinar…

Join us for a book club! We'll be discussing the novel The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich. Check it out and start reading today! Register at the link above. This event will take place in person at the branch. In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on ordinary people’s lives.

Webster @ The Movies Presents: Nickel Boys Monday, June 30th @ 1PM Two Black teenagers, Elwood and Turner, form an unlikely bond while serving time at Nickel Academy, a harsh Florida reform school. Elwood, a hopeful college student, finds himself thrown into the brutal world of the institution after an upsetting accident. With Turner's guidance, he navigates the challenges of survival while maintaining his optimistic spirit. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. Directed by RaMell Ross Rated PG-13 14…